Tetrapods Collection

Tetrapods Collection

Tetrapods (Latin: "four-footed") are vertebrate animals (animals with a backbone) that have four limbs. This includes amphibians (frogs & salamanders), reptiles (lizards, snakes, turtles, & crocodiles), birds and mammals.

The collection originated shortly after the founding of The Ohio State University in 1870. It grew as an important repository of tetrapods in Ohio and of research expeditions worldwide.

Find out more about Tetrapods Collection.

To search the entire database online, please visit GBIF, iDigBio, or VertNet global museum databases of natural history collections.

If you have any questions about the collections, please contact the Curator.


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The Tetrapods Collection
The Ohio State University
1315 Kinnear Road
Columbus OH 43212-1157

Email: tetrapods@osu.edu